THE EAGLE EYE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVI, Issue 51, 7 December 1909, Page 8

THE EAGLE EYE.

The eagle that stares pnniuiy at tnc *sun is no figment of tradition. -Vi. de Ciiardoiinet, in a paper communicatee, to the French Physical Society, hatshown that the eagle eye has a spteiai apparatus adapted to this feat, tnougii it seems probable that he is not the only bird with tliis useful possession. Wliile dissecting a bird's eye he was struck to find an organ to which French naturalists have given provisionally the name of the peigne, or comb. A' better idea of its function would be obtained by calling it >a parasol. This organ is formed of a very thin membrane, black opaque, and situated in the eye where the optic nerve penetrates it. The structure of the membrane is such that tlio retina is completely masked when the "parasol" is open. It is reasonable to suppose therefore that the parasol is a screen to protect the eye against a too brilliant light, whether the light he visible in the ordinary sense or whether it consists of ultra violet rays. M. Gavet, Professor «f Ophthalmology at Lyons, examined the eye of an Aadalusian cock with the ophthalmoscope and found that the bird in the presence of a bright lijht drew its -parasol over its retina and was screened . from all luminous sensation. The function of the new organ therefore seems established, and we may suppose that when the eagle looks at the sun it does not see it.

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